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Using Sydromic Surveillance to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits
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The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) investigated the feasibility of using syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. E-cigarettes have been associated with injuries and… read more… syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … syndromic surveillance (SyS) data to identify health care visits due to electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) use. … to Track E-cigarette Related Emergency Department Visits … -
Prescription Opioid Abuse: Gleaning insights from hospital and vital records data
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There is a resurgence in the need to evaluate the economic burden of prescription drug hospitalizations in the United States. We used the Wisconsin 2014 Hospital Discharge data to examine opioid related hospitalization incidence and costs. Fentanyl… read more… as a proxy of Fentanyl use, result in excessive health care costs. Objective In this paper we used hospital charges … as a proxy of Fentanyl use, result in excessive health care costs. Objective In this paper we used hospital charges …